Wednesday, August 2, 2017

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 091: "The Keeper of Traken" is Up!

"A new body at last..."-- The Second Master to Tremas, Doctor Who: "The Keeper of Traken"The struggle to record on Skype continues, but my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!In this episode, Jesse and I review "The Keeper of Traken", the sixth serial of Season 18 from the original series of Doctor Who in 1981, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Geoffrey Beevers as the Second Master, and introducing Sarah Sutton as Nyssa!This time, Jesse and I discuss things like Jesse as the River Song of Next Stop Everywhere, the story that got me hooked on Doctor Who, the Fourth Doctor's unified scarf and question mark lapels, Anthony Ainley looking familiar to Jesse, the Doctor and Tremas' science bromance, the Keeper being a bad gig, the superb costuming and Melkur statue, the Fifth Doctor era story "Time-Flight", why Adric works better as a Fourth Doctor companion than a Fifth Doctor companion, the introduction of Nyssa, the Master's working Chameleon Circuit, the Master becoming extra crispy and reaching the end of his life cycle, wondering if there's a planet where the Master is the hero and the Doctor is a villain, the amazing grandfather clock cliffhanger ending, Jesse's Reverse the Reverse the Polarity, new feedback from Holly from Wisconsin and Paul from Australia, remembering the late Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield, the trailer for "Twice Upon a Time", the return of First Doctor companion Polly Wright, Jesse's Dragon Con panel schedule, and more!

And hey, if you'd like to pick up the officially official Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, you can find it on TeePublic right HERE! Help support the show and feel free to post pictures on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!Be sure to come back in two weeks as Jesse and I are joined by two special guests to review the 1981 classic "Logopolis", Tom Baker's final story as the Fourth Doctor, starring Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Anthony Ainley as the Third Master, and introducing Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka! Look for more of Next Stop Everywhere on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

DAMN Good Coffee...and HOT!

About Me

Charles Skaggs is the co-host of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, The Fandom Zone Podcastand Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast for the Southgate Media Group.

Before all of that happened, he was the writer of the short story "Doctors Three" for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II anthology from Pocket Books, four stories for the Daily Planet 2017 newspaper included with the Smallville: The Complete Series DVD set from Warner Home Video, and Generator Rex and Ben 10: Omniverse stories for DC Comics. In addition, he previously co-hosted Dangerous Habits: The Constantine Podcast for the Southgate Media Group.

He also has a tiny obsession with the television series Doctor Who and maintains a daily diet of comic books to feed his brain.